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BOULDER — Twenty-four hours before polls close in Colorado, the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor spent the evening lobbing bombs at each other from the bunkers of their respective ideological and geographic bases. Here in this college town, the state’s progressive epicenter and home to a local tax on sugary drinks and a ban on assault-style weapons, Democratic Congressman Jared Polis, who lives here, tagged his Republican opponent as a mini-me of the most controversial president in at least a generation. “None of us want to wake up a day after the election and say but for one vote per precinct … we have a Donald Trump yes man as governor in our state,” he told a crowd of about 100 at the Rayback Collective bar on the outskirts of downtown. “So let’s all get to work in this final day to make sure that we leave no votes on the table.” About 100 miles south-east, at an office park in El Paso County — a county with … [Read more...] about ‘Bernie Polis’ vs. Trump’s ‘yes man’: In closing arguments on the eve of the election, candidates for Colorado governor preach to their base

By The Associated Press A liberal Florida Democrat pulled off an upset victory Tuesday in the state’s primary for governor while President Donald Trump’s favored candidate cruised to victory for the GOP, setting up a fierce fall showdown in the nation’s largest political battleground. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who would be the state’s first Black governor, and Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis, both defeated more moderate opponents aligned with their parties’ establishment. Gillum is his party’s third Black gubernatorial nominee this campaign season, along with Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Ben Jealous in Maryland. His victory comes as Democrats have elevated an increasingly diverse field of candidates, including women, African-Americans and Muslims. The slate of candidates heading into the fall campaign is seen as a manifestation of the party’s resistance in the racially charged atmosphere of the Trump era. In Arizona, Rep. Martha McSally … [Read more...] about Florida Governor’s Race Pits Black Liberal Dem vs Trump Republican

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. >> A liberal Florida Democrat pulled off an upset victory today in the state’s primary for governor while President Donald Trump’s favored candidate cruised to victory for the GOP, setting up a fierce fall showdown in the nation’s largest political battleground. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who would be the state’s first black governor, and Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis, both defeated more moderate opponents aligned with their parties’ establishment. ASSOCIATED PRESS Andrew Gillum addresses his supporters after winning the Democrat primary for governor today in Tallahassee, Fla. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. >> A liberal Florida Democrat pulled off an upset victory today in the state’s primary for governor while President Donald Trump’s favored candidate cruised to victory for the GOP, setting up a fierce fall showdown in the nation’s largest political battleground. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, … [Read more...] about Florida governor’s race pits liberal Democrat vs. Trump Republican

Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gallup has a new poll out showing that Democrats now feel more favorably toward socialism than capitalism. But a few folks have pointed out that this isn’t due to increased warmth toward socialism; rather, it’s due to a sudden distaste for Trump-era capitalism. This is true as far as it goes, but the full story is a little more complicated. Here it is: Approval of socialism took a sudden smallish jump in 2016. This was presumably the Bernie effect, which persisted but didn’t increase this year. But Bernie had zero effect on support for capitalism. The warmer attitude toward socialism was purely a personal thing. Likewise, this year’s drop in support for capitalism didn’t improve the outlook for socialism, Alexandria Ocasio-Sanchez notwithstanding. Once again, it appears to be more a gut reaction to what Republicans and Trump are doing with tax cuts and the economy generally. That’s … [Read more...] about Capitalism? Socialism? For Democrats, It’s More Bernie vs Donald.

Driving the Day WASHINGTON WON A CHAMPIONSHIP! The Capitals topped the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 to give D.C. its first major sports title since the year Bill Clinton was elected president. -- WAPO’S TOM BOSWELL in LAS VEGAS: “History can never be erased, but it can be redrafted by subsequent events -- even gloriously so.Story Continued Below “Perhaps this night in Sin City will be the one when Caps faults are forgiven. Maybe this is the fulcrum event when Washington finally allowed itself to believe that optimism in sports is not a disease, that rooting for the Capitals can be as great a delight as it has been a burden and that this idea of investing many years in chasing and capturing a championship is an experience that a team and an entire city can share and remember. For as long as they want.” https://wapo.st/2sWKkCn VIDEO OF THE MORNING … VICTORY LAP … Alex Ovechkin walking through the MGM with the Stanley Cup. http://bit.ly/2JjsOD3 … [Read more...] about Playbook: World leaders and Trump feud ahead of the G7